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Mamalana
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- Mar 17, 2023
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I didn't have a real plan because, I never imagined having so many chickens so fast. My chicken math was exponential growth. Lol. WD bought a property that came with 35 chickens (1 died right when we bought it of coccydiosils, an other has an impacted egg that resulted in a massive prolapsed vent). Then I was gifted eggs and got straight run chicks. I never would have imagines that not a single pullet would be hatched and 2 out of 10 chickens would be healthy pullets. I have rehomed 1 cockerel, eaten one, and am watching the others to determine which one I want to keep for breeding.
I was most attached to Moonlight, but he has turned into a trouble maker. At first I grew attached to all of them, but since eating Señor Fluffy, I'm feeling more at peace with harvesting them for food. I guess, I would prefer to eat them and get some return on our investment and nourishment for our family than give them away. There is no shortage of roosters around where we live in rural Tennessee and all my cockerels are mixed breeds (mostly half salmon favorelle).
I want to wait until they are a bit bigger though. With 41 hens, we could have 5 roosters. The cockerels get a long fine, so I was wanting to see how it all shook out before making a decision about who to keep and who to eat. Pepe is the gamecock (super docile for his breed) and as of now he is the only one breeding. We have 6 chicks from a gamehen that disappeared and returned with babies.
As know all the chickens free range all over the farm, mostly in the orchard. We have small stand offs between cockerels that havent gotten bad, but the rape is the tough part. Especially, when they gang up on a lower ranking hen or pullet. That makes me want to prep the kill cone asap.
I was most attached to Moonlight, but he has turned into a trouble maker. At first I grew attached to all of them, but since eating Señor Fluffy, I'm feeling more at peace with harvesting them for food. I guess, I would prefer to eat them and get some return on our investment and nourishment for our family than give them away. There is no shortage of roosters around where we live in rural Tennessee and all my cockerels are mixed breeds (mostly half salmon favorelle).
I want to wait until they are a bit bigger though. With 41 hens, we could have 5 roosters. The cockerels get a long fine, so I was wanting to see how it all shook out before making a decision about who to keep and who to eat. Pepe is the gamecock (super docile for his breed) and as of now he is the only one breeding. We have 6 chicks from a gamehen that disappeared and returned with babies.
As know all the chickens free range all over the farm, mostly in the orchard. We have small stand offs between cockerels that havent gotten bad, but the rape is the tough part. Especially, when they gang up on a lower ranking hen or pullet. That makes me want to prep the kill cone asap.